Three active duty Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune were found dead under mysterious circumstances. It doesn’t look like either murder or suicide. No drugs were found in the vehicle. The public isn’t on the alert for a killer. It took an autopsy to find out they were poisoned with carbon monoxide.
Three young Marines
Three young and healthy U.S. Marines were found dead in a passenger sedan, parked at a gas station in North Carolina. They appeared to be asleep.
Authorities are still “trying to figure out how they died.” Other than it involved carbon monoxide.
The mother of one of the missing Marines alerted police around 8 a.m. on Sunday that her son hadn’t come home on leave as expected. He had been expected the day before.
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She pinged his phone and told investigators where it was located. The bodies were discovered not long after that.
“There’s nothing to believe it to be foul play or anything,” Sgt. Chester Ward of the Pender County Sheriff’s Department relates.
At the time, they were still waiting for the autopsy report. When that came back, it confirmed all three Marines were killed by the colorless, odorless gas.
Parked in Hampstead
Police are still trying to figure out the details but the most logical explanation is a leak from the car’s exhaust system into the passenger compartment.
While, at first, police suspected drugs like fentanyl, none were found. No drugs were found. The Marines are happy to hear that. They’ve had all sorts of scandals lately.
Without the report of a missing person, nobody would have noticed the “three dead men in a four-door sedan parked outside a Speedway convenience store in Hampstead.” That’s about an hour away from their base.
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It’s not clear why they were together. One of the Marines was expected home so perhaps they were traveling together.
The victims have been identified as “Tanner Kaltenberg, 19, of Madison, Wisc.; Merax Dockery, 23, of Pottawatomie, Okla., and Ivan Garcia, 23, of Naples, Fla.” All three of the Marines were lance corporals. Brigadier General Michael McWilliams, commanding officer of the Second Marine Logistics Group, offered his condolences.
“My deepest sympathy and condolences are extended to the family, friends and colleagues” of his men. “Our focus is providing the necessary resources and support to those impacted by their tragic loss as they navigate this extremely difficult time.“
